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Reclaimed Meadows, 



Charles Howe, Marlborough, 1st premium, - - $12 00 

 Elbridge G. Hayden, Concord, 2d " - - 8 00 



Apple Orchards. 



Asa G. Sheldon, Wilmington, 1st premium, - - $15 00 

 George M. Brooks, Lincoln, 2d " - - 12 00 



DAVID HEARD, ) 



DANIEL L. GILES, i Committee. 

 MOSES PRITCHARD, ) 



Samuel M. Thomases Statement. 



My farm consists of one hundred acres, twenty-five of which 

 is woodland. The yearly produce is as follows : 40 tons of 

 English hay, 15 tons of meadow hay, 5 tons of straw, 200 

 bushels of corn, 65 bushels of rye, 50 bushels of oats, 900 bush- 

 els of potatoes, 13 cwt. of pork, and the income of five cows. 



Amount sold last year, viz. : — 



25 tons of hay, |375 00 



5 " straw, 50 00 



Oats and rye, 25 00 



900 lbs. of pork, 60 00 



Gain on beef, _ _ _ _ _ 60 00 



225 bbls. of potatoes, - - - - 392 75 



Butter, milk and veal, - - - - 150 00 



Poultry and eggs, - - - - 20 00 



^1132 75 



Besides my own labor, I paid out, 



For wages to one hired man, - - $156 00 



« " " boy, - - - - 40 00 



" " " man, in haying, - - 36 00 



25 cords of wool-waste, at $4 per cord, - 100 00 



332 00 



Surplus, ^ $800 75 

 Besides maintaining my family and stock. 

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